2006 - 2007
Directors:  J. Beth Stone and William H. Menefee, Jr.

Kings Dominion Concert Band Festival Saturday, May 5, 2007
Grafton Middle Advanced Band         Rating of Superior and Grand Champion
Music Performed:
Fanfare for the Third Planet       Richard Saucedo
Through Darkened Sleepy Hollow     Erik Morales

Grafton Middle Advanced Band
District VIII Concert Band Festival 
Music Grade: IV    Rating:  Superior 
Music Performed:
March of the Belgian Paratroopers                Pierre Leemans/arr. Charles Wiley  
Variations on Scarborough Fair          Calvin Custer 
In the Forest of the King      Pierre La Plante

Grafton Middle Intermediate Band
District VIII Concert Band Festival 
Music Grade: III    Rating:  Superior
Music Performed:
Winchester March             John Edmondson
Jana's Dance                 David Gorham     
Manassas Junction          Gary Fagan        

2005 - 2006
Directors:  J. Beth Stone and William H. Menefee, Jr.

Kings Dominion Concert Band Festival Saturday, May 6, 2006
Grafton Middle Advanced Band         Rating of Superior and Grand Champion
 
Music Performed:
Greek Folk Song Suite            Franco Cesarini
Tales of the Emerald Isle     Douglas Akey

Grafton Middle Advanced Band
District VIII Concert Band Festival 
Music Grade: IV    Rating:  Superior 
Music Performed:
Arsenal                Jan Van Der Roost  
Among The Clouds     Brian Balmages 
Renaissance Revel      Susato/Singleton

Grafton Middle Intermediate Band
District VIII Concert Band Festival 
Music Grade: III    Rating:  Excellent
Music Performed:
Raiders March             Williams/Lavender
Dervish Dance              Elliot Del Borgo
Of Wizards and Warriors      Roland Barrett

Solo and Ensemble Festival
184 Superior Ratings and 126 Excellent Ratings

2004 - 2005
Directors:  J. Beth Stone and William H. Menefee, Jr.
Grafton Middle Advanced Band
Kings Dominion Concert Band Competition
Friday, June 2, 2005         Superior Rating
Best Overall Middle School Band
Music Performed:
Brighton Beach      William P. Latham
Of Dark Lords and Ancient Kings     R. Barrett

Grafton Middle Advanced Band
District VIII Concert Band Festival 
Music Grade: IV    Rating:  Superior 
Music Performed:
Tenth Regiment March         R. Hall/Balent
Falcon Lake Overture           R. Sheldon
A Little Chinese Suite           R. Brown

Grafton Middle Intermediate Band
District VIII Concert Band Festival 
Music Grade: III    Rating:  Superior 
Music Performed:
Cluster, Fluster, Bluster March          Holsinger
Agincourt, 1415           M. Schoendorff
Portsmouth Reflections            M. Oare

District VIII Junior Honor Band
26 Students Selected to Participate

2003 - 2004
Directors:  J. Beth Stone and William H. Menefee, Jr.
Grafton Middle Advanced Band
District VIII Concert Band Festival 
Music Grade: IV    Rating:  Superior 
Music Performed:
Rough Riders          King
Flight of Valor          Swearingen 
Hieroglyphs         A. McGinty

Grafton Middle Intermediate Band
District VIII Concert Band Festival 
Music Grade: III    Rating:  Superior 
Music Performed:
Men of the Valley         James Meredith
Overture on a Shaker Tune          J. Higgins
Arrowhead Overture          J. Williams

District VIII Junior Honor Band
24 Students Selected to Participate

2002 - 2003
Directors:  J. Beth Stone and William H. Menefee, Jr.
Grafton Middle Advanced Band
District VIII Concert Band Festival 
Music Grade: IV    Rating:  Superior 
Music Performed:
Los Banditos          Q. Hilliard
In Times of Triumph          Swearingen
Prelude and Primal Danse         Huckeby 

Grafton Middle Intermediate Band
District VIII Concert Band Festival 
Music Grade: III    Rating:  Superior 
Music Performed:
The Great Escape March         Bernstein/R.W. Smith 
Thus Spoke the Raven          G. Fagan
Awakened Voices Resound          M. Oare

District VIII Junior Honor Band
20 Students Selected to Participate

2001 - 2002
Directors:  J. Beth Stone and William H. Menefee, Jr.
Grafton Middle Advanced Band
District VIII Concert Band Festival 
Music Grade: IV    Rating:  Excellent 
Music Performed:
El Capitan          Sousa/Contorno
The Maelstrom          R.W. Smith
Majestia          Swearingen  

Grafton Middle Intermediate Band
District VIII Concert Band Festival 
Music Grade: III    Rating:  Superior 
Music Performed:
Winchester March         J. Edmondson
Stillmeadow Overture          D. Eveland
Fire Dance          D. Shaffer  

District VIII Junior Honor Band
14 Students Selected to Participate

2000 - 2001
Directors:  J. Beth Stone and Eleanor Howell
Grafton Middle Advanced Band
District VIII Concert Band Festival 
Music Grade: IV    Rating:  Superior 
Music Performed:
Invercargill         Lithgow/Custer
Blue Ridge Saga          Swearingen
North Star Overture          J. O’Reilly 

Grafton Middle Intermediate Band
District VIII Concert Band Festival 
Music Grade: II    Rating:  Superior 
Music Performed:
Shaker March        J. Kinyon
Aztec Sunrise         Edmondson
Declaration and Dance          L. Clark 

District VIII Junior Honor Band
16 Students Selected to Participate

1996 - 2000

The Grafton School Complex opened its doors 
for the first time in fall of 1996!  
Grafton Middle's first Band Director
from the fall of 1996 to the spring of 2000 was 
Mr. Percy Ironmonger.